Join Mairi Kidd, as she chats to Lucy Ribchester about her gripping tale of suspicion and sacrifice, Newes of Witches

We are greatly looking forward to welcoming bestselling author of Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month The Specimens, Mairi Kidd, back to the shop on Tuesday 29th September at 7pm as she chats to Lucy Ribchester about her gripping tale of suspicion and sacrifice in 17th-century Scotland, Newes of Witches.

Rural Scotland, 1629. Amidst the bogs and oat fields, children are going missing, and others seem to have fallen under a malevolent spell. When a young serving girl is imprisoned on suspicion of witchcraft, it falls on healer and midwife Mòrag to uncover the truth behind the matter.

However, investigation only raises more questions, and soon a violent truth comes to light which threatens to upend local life. As tensions in the community reach a fever pitch, allegiances shift, lives unravel, and Mòrag struggles to save the life of an innocent girl. But in a village gripped by fear and paranoia, this may demand the greatest sacrifice of all.

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